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LaSonora Poncena will perform at Lehman Center
BRONX TIMES REPORTER, O 58 CTOBER 25-31, 2019 BTR
LaSonora Poncena will perform at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts 65 anniversary
concert. Photo courtesy of Lehman Center for the Performing Arts
Lehman Center for the Performing
Arts and Goya Foods will present one
of the most popular salsa bands ever,
La Sonora Ponceña featuring the piano
virtuosity of Papo Lucca and long-time
leading vocalist of the band Yolanda
Rivera on Saturday, November 2, at 8
p.m. As the orchestra celebrates their
65th Anniversary, they will turn up the
heat for a night of old school salsa.
Lehman Center for the Performing
Arts is on the campus of Lehman College/
CUNY at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard
West.
Tickets for La Sonora Ponceña on
Saturday, November 2, at 8 p.m. are
VIP*$100, $65, $60, $55, $45, and can
be purchased by calling the Lehman
Center box offi ce at (718) 960-8833
(Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5
p.m., and beginning at 4 p.m. on the day
of the concert), or through online access
at www.LehmanCenter.org.
*VIP Reception: The Havana Café,
Goya Foods and Lehman Center special
VIP pre-concert wine and hors
d’oeuvres reception will start at 6:30
p.m. VIP tickets include the reception
and the best seats in the house. Sponsored
by Havana Café Restaurant and
Goya Foods.
Low-cost on-site parking available
for $5.
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Taste of The Bronx is hosting the
Taste of The Bronx October Pop-Up
Market on Saturday, October 26, from
1 to 6 p.m. at the Bronx Museum of The
Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse.
Taste of The Bronx’ monthly markets
are designed to showcase the fl avors
and talents of small Bronx-based businesses
while allowing residents the opportunity
to interact with and purchase
products from local entrepreneurs. The
Taste of The Bronx October Pop-Up
Market will feature 25+ Bronx-based
businesses offering everything from
original Bronx apparel and jewelry to
craft beer and authentic cuisine from
the Caribbean, Central America, Italy
and more. Taste of The Bronx is the
most authentic Bronx-focused market
in the borough and it takes place every
month.
Attendees will also be able to visit,
free of charge, the Bronx Museum of
The Arts’ latest exhibitions: Henry Chalfant:
Art vs. Transit, 1977-1987 and The
Life and Times of Alvin Baltrop. Widely
regarded as one of the most signifi cant
documentarians of street art, Henry
Chalfant has produced a voluminous
body documenting the emergence
of the trend since its early days in the
Bronx, following its transformation into
the international phenomenon it is today.
Bronxite Alvin Baltrop left an important
body of work after his untimely
death in 2004, focusing on the Hudson
River piers, pivotal to the LGBTQ community
and the struggle for equal rights
during the 1970s and 1980s.
Taste of The Bronx is a partnership
between Bronx-based Sustainable
Snacks and From The Bronx. Both
companies have worked with some of
the Bronx’ leading designers, artists,
photographers, non-profi t and for-profi t
businesses to bring original Bronxthemed
merchandise to market and
have established themselves as some
of the best the borough has to offer.
The Taste of The Bronx offi cial
hashtag is #TasteOfTheBronx and we
may be found on Facebook, Instagram
and Twitter at @TasteOfTheBronx.
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Upcoming Wave Hill programs and
events:
Saturday, November 2: Gallery Tour:
Tour Glyndor Gallery with Wave Hill’s
Curatorial Assistant or Gallery Greeter
to get an insider’s view of current exhibitions.
A fl ower’s life cycle of budding,
blooming and pollinating, as well as its
process of decay, strongly echoes the
human condition. The exhibition Figuring
the Floral features artists who apply
this symbolism to their work—touching
on race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual
orientation, aging and other facets
of identity. Participating artists are Derrick
Adams, Nicole Awai, Bahar Behbahani,
Christian Ruiz Berman, Sanford
Biggers, Cecile Chong, Max Colby,
Abigail DeVille, Valerie Hegarty, Christopher
K. Ho and Kevin Zucker, Diana
Lozano, Natalia Nakazawa, Ebony G.
Patterson, Bundith Phunsombatlert,
Lina Puerta, Simonette Quamina, David
Rios Ferreira, Alexandria Smith,
Katherine Toukhy, Lina Iris Viktor, William
Villalongo and Saya Woolfalk. Free
with admission to the grounds. Glyndor
Gallery, 2 p.m.
Saturday, November 2: Artist-Led
Woodland Walk: Sharpen your senses
and trace-water-fl ow in the woodland
with generated@wavehill artist Bahar
Behbahani. Located on the Conifer
Slope and in the Herbert and Hyonja
Abrons Woodland, her project, All water
has a perfect memory., connects us to
the world’s contested rivers and reminds
us that the fl ow of water, the fl ow of people,
and the migration of seeds and
plants takes its own course. This event
is free with admission to the grounds
but registration is recommended, online
at wavehill.org or onsite at the Perkins
Visitor Center. Meet at Wave Hill House,
3 p.m.
Sunday, November 3: Forest Bathing:
Celebrating Change and the
Changing Seasons: Inspired by the
Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, forest
bathing boosts your immune system
and cardiovascular strength, reduces
stress, and improves cognitive functioning
while deepening your relationship
to nature. Contemplate the changes in
the fall landscape and your own body as
certifi ed forest therapist Gerti Schoen
guides you on a refl ective walk through
Wave Hill’s gardens and trails. Adults
only, $30; Wave Hill members save
10%. Registration suggested, online at
wavehill.org or onsite at the Perkins Visitor
Center. Meet at Perkins Visitor Center,
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sunday, November 3: Garden Highlights
Walk: Join a Wave Hill Garden
Guide for a public tour of seasonal garden
highlights. Free with admission to
the grounds. Meet at Perkins Visitor
Center, 2 p.m.
Wave Hill is located at 675 West
252nd Street. For further information
call (718) 549-3200.
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The New York Botanical Garden’s
distinctive and acclaimed Kiku: Spotlight
on Tradition returns to the Bourke-
Sullivan Display House from Friday, October
25 through Sunday, November 17,
with magnifi cent installations of chrysanthemums
in awe-inspiring shapes
and styles.
The chrysanthemum—or kiku—carries
a centuries-long history as a treasured
fl ower and horticultural passion
in Japan, representing the apex of a
craft that demands precision, care, and
patience. NYBG’s own kiku display is
the result of all three. Expertly trained
NYBG horticulturists spend 11 months
caring for and coaxing these chrysanthemums,
cultivated from single cuttings.
The plants are pinched back,
tied to frames, and carefully nurtured.
Flower buds develop as the autumn
nights grow longer, and in the fall the
plants burst into bloom, a true celebration
of the changing of the seasons.
Trained to grow into both modern
and ancient forms, the kiku on display
include the sculpted curves and twists
of the bonsai style, and other contemporary
shapes, plus a number of classic
traditional styles, including Ozukuri
(“Thousand Bloom”), a highly complex
technique in which a single stem is
trained to produce hundreds of simultaneous
blossoms in a massive, domeshaped
array; Kengai (“Cascade”), featuring
small-fl owered chrysanthemums
trained to conform to boat-shaped
frameworks that cascade downward like
waterfalls for lengths of up to six-and-ahalf
feet in a burst of hundreds of tightly
clustered blooms; and more. The unforgettable
presentation pays homage to
hanami, the traditional Japanese custom
of enjoying the ephemeral beauty
of fl owers.
During the fi nal weekend, Saturday,
November 16 and Sunday, November
17, thrilling 30-minute performances
of Taiko Drumming by the troupe Taikoza
take place at 1 and 2 p.m. at the
Leon Levy Visitor Center, creating a
thunderous soundscape of traditional
percussion. Taikoza has dazzled audiences
worldwide with their electrifying
sound since 1995, drawing from Japan’s
rich tradition of music and performance.
The amazing fl oral sculptures on
view at Kiku: Spotlight on Tradition,
combined with the Botanical Garden’s
brilliant 250-acre spectacle of changing
leaves in orange, crimson, and gold
beckon visitors to indulge in fall’s exquisite
yet fl eeting beauty. Kiku: Spotlight
on Tradition is part of NYBG’s year-long
#plantlove series of exhibitions, programs,
and projects exploring the essential
connections between plants,
people, and the environment.
Tickets and more information are
available at https://www.nybg.org/event/
kiku-spotlighttradition/.
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The Chamber of Commerce of
New Rochelle is again partnering with
the City of New Rochelle to host the
56th Annual Thanksgiving Parade on
Saturday, November 23. This year’s
grand marshal is The New York Empire,
the only professional sports team
to call New Rochelle home and 2019
champions of the American Ultimate
Disc League. The parade will kick off at
10 a.m. on North Avenue at Eastchester
Road and proceed down North Avenue
ending at Bonnefoy Place.
The parade will feature several big
balloons including New Rochelle’s
hometown hero, Mighty Mouse, sponsored
by United Hebrew celebrating
their 100th anniversary. The balloons
will be joined by marching bands playing
throughout the parade, clowns,
beauty princesses, superheroes, singers
and marchers from Iona and Monroe
Colleges, local schools, businesses
and organizations.
The parade ends near Main Street
where you can enjoy lunch and more
fun activities.
For more information visit www.newrochellechamber.
org or www.newrochelleny.
com.
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